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NEW V(iRK CI I V (Maiiliatt.ui). New York City comprises 5 boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Ricliniond Co. Consolidated 
189S. Second only to London in population (4,000,000); area, 307^^ square miles; greatest length, 35 miles; greatest width, iS^i^ miles. 




TAPPAN ZEE, south of Tarrytown. Expansion in river, 12 miles long. Ferry to Nyack, 3 Vs miles wide here. Sometimes frozen over. 
STONY POINT, 200 feet high. Captured from the British at night by Gen. Wayne ("Mad Anthony"), i779- Lighthouse made from old fort. 




PEEKSKILL, on beautiful Peekskill Bay. Militan' Academy. Keeclier'.s summer-home. Depew's birthplace. Nat'l Guard Encampment north. 
DUNDERBERG ('J'hunder Mt.) Kidd's Point. Bear Hill beyond. Anthony's Nose opposite. Up the "Horse Race." Southern Gate of Highlands 




1 K i -I KN 1 Rh. ACll . ( )ld tisheniiLn divided the river into 14 "reaches." 
WEST POINT. Washington advocated U. S. Military Academy. Org. 1802. 



Sugar Loaf, right centre; at its foot were Arnold's headquarters. 
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NORTH ERN GATE OF H IGH LANDS, nortl. from West Point (Trophy Point). At left, Old Co' Nest; beyond, Storm King. At right, 
Constitution Island; beyond, Mt. Taurus and Breakneck Mountain. In the distance haunted Pollopers Island. 




BATTLE MOXUMENT, West i'oiut. In honui v.. ^.v„ „ a. 
Surmounted by Victory, with laurel-wreath and trumpet 



■ of Civil War heroes. 



TARRYTOVVN MONUMENT. Commemorates capture oi Major 
John Andre, the British spy, a brave soldier, taken at Tarrytown, in 1780. 




NEWBURGH, from Mt. Beacon. Here Washington refused to be made king. Newburgh-Fislikill ferry much used by Revohitionary troops. 
MT. BEACON, whose signal-fires were seen even in New Hampshire. MT, BEACON INCLINE, back of Fishkill. Steepest in the world. 




THE CATSKILLS, whose fascinations allure summer visitors. Grand scenery, bracing air, athletic pleasures, palatial hotels, cottage life. 
KINGSTON. Park and picnic-grounds. Ferry to Rhinecliff. OTIS RAILWAY, Catskills. To Otis Summit (Old M't'n House), 2,200 feet high. 




POUGHKKtl'blL,l;KlDGE, finished 
VASSAR COLLEGE, noted women's college, near Poughkeepsie. Inc. 1861. OLD SENATE HOUSE, Kingston. Used by N. Y. Senate to 1777. 




WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, Newburgh. Historic museum, SUNNVSIDE, Imngton. Home of In-ing, literan' genius. 

LYNDEHURST, Irvington. Miss Helen M. Gould's beautiful estate. MORGAN RESIDENCE. Summer home>f financier J. Pierpont Morgan. 




STATE CAPITOL, ALBANY. Among the world's grandest buildings; commanding site. Cost, including land, over S24,ooo>ooo. Albany is one 
of the oldest towns; Fort Orange trading-post established there in 1614. Population now, about 94,500- To Troy, half an hour; to Saratoga, an hour. 




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AUG 25 1904 LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 



THE HUDSON RIVER, the RKii\e of Ame 



The Hudson or North River (in contrast to the South 
or Delaware River) is famous for grand and picturesque 
scenery. It rises in the Adirondacks and flows southward 
about 350 miles, into New York Bay. Troy (l66 miles) is 
at the head of navigation. The largest ships ascend to 
Hudson (117 miles). Railroads on both shores are oper- 
ated by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. 

The river was named from Hendrik Hudson, who ex- 
plored it in 1609. All along the course the Indians ap- 
peared in canoes to gaze at the miraculous vision of the 
white men and their winged vessel. Manhattan Island (now 
part of New York City) was then in a state of primeval 
wildness. Could Hudson see it to-day he would be even 
more astounded than were the savages. Bought from the 
Indians in 1634 for |24, it now counts its wealth in billions 
(assessed valuation, $5,432,398,855). The Hudson is a 
most important commercial channel. Tunnels under the 
river will connect Jersey City with New York. Ferries 
cross at only half a dozen places above Manhattan Island, 
but at the city they are numerous. 

Forts Washington, Lee, Putnam, etc., recall scenes of 
the Revolution: Gen. Putnam's heavy chains across the 
river; training of raw recruits by Baron Steuben at 
Verplanck's Point; Arnold's unsuccessful treachery; 
burning of Kingston; final victory and rejoicing over the 
departure of the English, in 1 783. Gen. George Washington, 
in 1789, was inaugurated tlrst U. S. President, in New York. 

In 1S07 Robert Fulton made his all important trial-trip 
with the wonderful tlrst steamboat, the "Clermont," 130 
feet long, with very tall smoke-stacks and exposed paddle- 
wheels. Six companion-boats were made, the fare being 
$7 for a 36-hour trip to Albany. Because of variations 
in wind and tide passengers were advised to be at landing- 



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boats, while racing, neglected-to stop lor ineir passengci^. 

In 1824 Lafayette was most enthusiastically received 
by New York City. On his way up the Hudson to Albany 
he briefly honored a few towns with his presence. The 
completion of the Erie Canal (1825) marked a gala day. 
At New York brilliantly decorated vessels surrounded the 
first Erie Canal boat and De Witt Clinton solemnly poured 
out the contents of a gold-hooped keg, mingling the waters 
of the Atlantic and Lake Erie. The Columbian naval 
parade in 1892 was a magnificent sight, four nations being 
represented; more so the Admiral Dewey parade in 1S99. 

The Hudson suggests many well-known names besides 
those mentioned: Alexander Hamilton and his tragic death 
by duel with Aaron Burr; S. F. B. Morse, Samuel J. Tilden, 
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, John Burroughs, Levi P. Morton, 
D. O. Mills, etc. Beautiful estates, with their setting of magni- 
ficent trees, adorn the river-banks. At Esopus is the home of 
Judge Alton B. Parker, Democratic Presidential candidate. 
The Hudson River used to be famous for its shad and oyster 
fisheries. Near Hyde Park and Tivoli the flying ice-boat 
affords exhilarating sport in winter. The American Scenic 
& Historic Preservation Society and the Inter-State Park 
Commission have succeeded in a measure in suppressing the 
destructive work of gravel-greedy blasters, by securing 
State appropriations and establishing the Palisades Park. 

The Highlands and Catskills abound in legends of 
goblins and spectres. Opposite New Hamburg is the 
Devil's Dance (Chamber, where the Indians held their pow- 
wows. Opposite Albany is the Van Rensselaer House ( 1 642^ 
The Indian name for Catskills was Onteora, "Mountains 
of the Sky", a region of combined grandeur and beauty. 
The highest point is Slide Mountain, 4,205 feet in altitude. 



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